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by john_c_lopez

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How to create a system image of a server running Linux RedHat 6.2 kernel 2.2.1.9 for portability to other servers in maintaining the same configuration also standarization and faster recoverability.

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by aaube

The latest version of Norton Ghost supports the Linux ext2 file system - that would be a great place to start. You can burn the image to a CD and make it bootable for added convenience.

by g.j.busser

dd???

dd if= of=

where root-dev is something like /dev/hda3,
and system-image-filename anything.
actually it is a partition image, so you need
to dd other partitions as well. And the image
is probably going to take a LOT of diskspace ...

Put back with:

dd if= of=
Of course, this is assuming compatible
hardware. Also, as this is a hard dump, this
includes things like network config, so watch
out with static IPs and other gotcha's :)

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